I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith.


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If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautio...
ZADIE SMITH
I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simpl...
ZADIE SMITH
I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups m...
ZADIE SMITH
Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found ...
ZADIE SMITH
I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of bein...
ZADIE SMITH
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong s...
ZADIE SMITH
Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it....
ZADIE SMITH
You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equa...
ZADIE SMITH
The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist...
ZADIE SMITH
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ...
ZADIE SMITH
The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.
ZADIE SMITH
Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.
YEARDLEY SMITH
A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.
YEARDLEY SMITH
Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
YEARDLEY SMITH
Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sport...
YEARDLEY SMITH
You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
YEARDLEY SMITH
My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband...
TASHA SMITH
I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. I've always had to depend on a stylist help...
TASHA SMITH
I would rather do surrogacy before adopting. If I can't do it, I'd rather find someone who w...
TASHA SMITH
We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being h...
TASHA SMITH
Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't wan...
TASHA SMITH
I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a...
TASHA SMITH
Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work ...
TASHA SMITH
When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within t...
TASHA SMITH
I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great opti...
TASHA SMITH
There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of ...
TASHA SMITH
There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I c...
TASHA SMITH
Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he&...
TASHA SMITH
I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
TASHA SMITH
I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... wor...
TASHA SMITH
When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check whe...
TASHA SMITH
I'm a black woman who loves hair. I enjoy changing my hair, having fun with it - just hair! I go...
TASHA SMITH
No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha...
TASHA SMITH
I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got t...
TASHA SMITH
Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be ev...
TASHA SMITH
Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, ma...
TASHA SMITH
Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new ...
TASHA SMITH
There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afrai...
TASHA SMITH